The science developed under the Islamic civilization between the 8th and 16th centuries, during what is known as the Islamic Golden Age. Muslim scientists played an important role in laying the foundations for an experimental science with their introduction of an early scientific method and an empirical, experimental and quantitative approach to scientific inquiry.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Food stamps, the main U.S. anti-hunger program which helps the needy buy food, set a record in September as more than 31.5 million Americans used the program — up 17 percent from a year ago, according to government data.

The USA has long served as a magnet for the worldâ€™s talented scientists, engineers and mathematicians. But, this trend may now be reversing and the United States may be experiencing the first brain drain in its history.

Amid allegations of corruption and a drop in popularity, the party that has been in power for five decades tries to shore up support. Courtesy Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor Malaysiaâ€™s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, flanked by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (R) and Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, raise their hands at …

In a bid to get more Muslim Americans working in the Obama administration, a book with resumes of 45 of the nationâ€™s most qualified — Ivy League grads, Fortune 500 executives and public servants, all carefully vetted — has been submitted to the White House.

A behind-the-scenes controversy has broken out among Muslim American leaders over a coalition of Muslim organizationsâ€™ threat to cut off contact with the FBI because of what it calls the agencyâ€™s â€œMcCarthy-eraâ€ tactics.

Recently, when asked for my view on todayâ€™s stock market environment and its near future, I responded that we are living in a period of â€˜â€™return-free volatility.â€™â€™ My answer met with laughter, but this situation, of course, is no laughing matter for investors.